There's a debate whether you can learn how to write fiction through #fanfic sites like #AO3
One side says you can't learn shit from it because it emphasizes visual cues too much as if you were watching a TV show, and another side says it should be valued because that's the most accessible way to get into a writing community.
Ima be all "both sides" on this one. After more than a decade writing fanfic I can say it helped me on some aspects but not all. Sometimes it can hurt.
@cordillera As a kid and then probably up to my mid-20s, I preferred visual writing (like reading a movie) than anything else. When I started reading and then writing fanfiction, I learned how important internal thoughts and monologues were - how evocative they could be (read: angst! 😆) (This is fanfiction from visual mediums like movies and TV that I was learning from).
That more than anything made a big impact on my reading preferences and writing ability #ThanksFanfiction 🥂
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